Health Policy Evaluation of Tamil Nadu Doorstep Healthcare Scheme (Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam) by Kingdon's Multiple Streams Framework

Abstract

The rising burden of non-communicable diseases and the number of people with non-Communicable diseases (NCDs) missing out on regular care due to the fear of contracting COVID-19 paved way for a new health policy called Tamil Nadu Doorstep Healthcare Scheme (Makkalai Thedi Maruthuvam) in 2021. Though the process of policy making has been described through various frameworks, Kingdon's multi stream policy is a dynamic model that explains political agenda setting for specic health issues. Kingdon suggests that public policy comprises of three independent streams namely problem stream, policy stream and political stream.